I don't see why continuing a new game in the ER setting would be so bad or necessarily 'make things worse', seeing as how it won't be more of the exact same. The current chapter of ER would still stop and find closure, but after that we go on to other adventures in a setting that's new, but still familiar, and marked by our past exploits.
I also feel as if ERORO (and ERbeyond, though it's about certain that's not on the table anymore) would be a good mix between serious and silly story elements and gameplay/situations, while in ORO the options seem more limited. Not that I wouldn't want to play a serious game, certainly not (I do play a serious char right now), but it does seem like it'd be more restrictive. If only because, if pw actually comes through with the premise, any suboptimal play is inescapably punished with death sooner or later. The powergamer/munchkin side of me does kinda feel attracted by that idea, but all things considered I think ERORO would lead to more fun overall.
And pw
himself seems to think that ORO would be compatible with ER, so I don't think we can just dismiss them as 'incompatible' right off the bat.
Can someone explain Mainspring to me in a couple sentences? I don't know it at all.
ey PW, if you do homunculus with an initially very limited set of players and an initial trial run of, say, a month or so, I would love to be in the first group. Do it as a side thing, like infinite heavens is, kinda. and focus your attention on whichever main game gets the most support. but do it before the main game springs up. That way, people have something to watch while they wait for whichever main thing comes along.and homunculus gets some exposure and might generate some interest and become the main thing.
Would be interesting to see, but pw kinda already has a side project going on (infinite heavens), and I dunno if we should ask him to run another one. Intoxicated (second side project) already crashed not long ago (then again, he did keep that up for a good while, so if he feels like he'd have the time, then a short run with a small amount of players might be doable).